by Rick Ray | Aug 25, 2008 | Learn
This opinion piece appeared recently in the New York Times: Paying Doctors to Ignore Patients By PETER B. BACH Published: July 24, 2008 THE longstanding push-pull between Medicare and Congress has erupted again. Last week, Congress, overriding a presidential veto,...
by Rick Ray | Aug 21, 2008 | Learn
The Commonwealth Fund has published their analysis of the impact of medical bills and accumulated medical debt. Here’s their overview of the publication: Analysis of the 2007 Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey finds the proportion of working-age...
by Rick Ray | Aug 18, 2008 | Learn
The state of Oregon has made available to the public a comparison of the costs of some common health care procedures. Here’s the introductory blurb from the Oregon Health Policy and Research web site: Governor Kulongoski has made health care accessibility and...
by Rick Ray | Jul 14, 2008 | Learn
The New York Times recently reported on the 20 million (out of 47 million) unisured Americans who work for small businesses. Here as excerpt: As the number of people without health insurance continues to rise, many states and Congress have begun to focus on one of the...
by John Kitzhaber | Jul 14, 2008 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
System objectives (“The Triple Aim,” as developed by by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement) Improve the overall health of the defined population Reduce per-capita cost Improve the individual patient experience in terms of clinical outcome, patient...
by John Kitzhaber | Jul 9, 2008 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
I hope you are all enjoying the Oregon summer, now that it has finally arrived. I want to begin by thanking everyone who attended our first annual Archimedes Movement Membership Conference at Lewis and Clark College on June 14th.
As you know, our movement is...
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